Tither on TV five hours behind

Some Southlanders might stay up until the early hours of tomorrow to watch television coverage of Reon Tither driving at Bunbury, West Australia.

New Zealand is five hours ahead of West Australia.

Tither, a former junior driver in Southland, started work for Bunbury trainer John Graham on Tuesday. His only drive at the Bunbury trials on Wednesday night finished fifth.

His four drives at the Bunbury race meeting will be televised on Trackside's digital channel tomorrow morning. Tither's drives with race times in brackets, are: Pearly Grin (1am NZ time), City Slicker (1.55am), Flight Of The Falcon (2.50am) and Beyond Help (3.40am).

The Kiwi has one drive at the Harvey night meeting on Tuesday.

Nigel Milne and Jason Hackett are Southlanders who moved to Victoria in recent years to further their driving careers.

A son of Edendale trainer-driver Alex Milne, Nigel drove at Mildura last night and is having the weekend off before driving at Bendigo, Monday; Echuca, Tuesday; and Cranbourne, Wednesday.

Hackett was unplaced with his only drive at Kilmore yesterday.

Cillas Earl, Heyzeal and Dream A Moment, all formerly trained in Southland, are starting in tonight's Interdominion Trotters' Final at Moonee Valley in Melbourne.

Heza Panamach, who was sold from Clark Barron's stable soon after qualifying at Wyndham in September, lines up in the Victorian Derby at Moonee Valley.

Greysteel, Jackson Street and Pacific Playgirl, who began their race careers in Southland, will compete in the final event at Moonee Valley.

Greysteel is unbeaten in four starts for trainer-driver Kerryn Manning.

- © Fairfax NZ News

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